Angie Arndt > Angie's Quotes

“EARLY BIRD
Oh, if you’re a bird, be an early bird
And catch the worm for your breakfast plate.
If you’re a bird, be an early early bird--
But if you’re a worm, sleep late.”
― Shel Silverstein, Where the Sidewalk Ends

“So what do you do when you are stuck?

The first thing I do when I am stuck is pray. But I’m not talking about a quick, Help me Lord, Sunday’s a comin’ prayer. When I get stuck I get up from my desk to head for my closet. Literally. If I‘m at the office I go over to a corner that I have deemed my closet away from home. I get on my knees and remind God that this was not my idea, it was His…

None of this is new information to God…

Then I ask God to show me if there is something He wants to say to prepare me for what He wants me to communicate to our congregation. I surrender my ideas, my outline and my topic. Then I just stay in that quiet place until God quiets my heart…

Many times I will have a breakthrough thought or idea that brings clarity to my message. . .

Like you, I am simply a mouthpiece. Getting stuck is one way God keeps me ever conscious of that fact.”
― Andy Stanley, Communicating for a Change: Seven Keys to Irresistible Communication

“Whether we write lyrics or craft legislation, sell homes or teach classes, design spaces or open franchises, prayer is a critical part of the creative process. Don’t just brainstorm; praystorm.”
― Mark Batterson, Draw the Circle: The 40 Day Prayer Challenge

“When we share those stories we've been scared to share, voicelessness loses it's wicked grasp.”
― Jo Ann Fore

“Far too often, when we think we are frightened by mystery, the fact is that we are haunted by history.”
― Erwin Raphael McManus, The Artisan Soul: Crafting Your Life into a Work of Art

“When we are passionate about God, we can trust our passions.”
― Erwin Raphael McManus, Chasing Daylight: Seize the Power of Every Moment

“Love never comes without wounds; faith never comes without failure.”
― Erwin Raphael McManus, The Artisan Soul: Crafting Your Life into a Work of Art

“We are all time voyagers leaving history in our wake, pioneering into the future.”
― Erwin Raphael McManus, Chasing Daylight: Seize the Power of Every Moment

“Such bees! Bilbo had never seen anything like them.
"If one were to sting me," He thought "I should swell up as big as I am!”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, or There and Back Again

“Place a beehive on my grave
And let the honey soak through.
When I'm dead and gone,
That's what I want from you.
The streets of heaven are gold and sunny,
But I'll stick with my plot and a pot of honey.
Place a beehive on my grave
And let the honey soak through.”
― Sue Monk Kidd, The Secret Life of Bees

“The keeping of bees is like the direction of sunbeams.”
― Henry David Thoreau

“One can no more approach people without love than one can approach bees without care. Such is the quality of bees...”
― Leo Tolstoy

“The best laid schemes o' Mice an' Men,
Gang aft agley.
An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain,
For promis'd joy!

(To A Mouse)”
― Robert Burns, Collected Poems of Robert Burns

“So many books, so little time.”
― Frank Zappa